What is local class in java ?

What is local class in java ?


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Inner classes let you define one class within another.

They provide a type of scoping for your classes since you can make one class a member of another class.

Just as classes have member variables and methods, a class can also have member classes.

class Outer {
/class Inner { }
}// End of class

if you compile it,
%javac Outer.java


you’ll end up with two class files:
Outer.class
Outer$Inner.class

A class i.e. created inside a method is called local inner class in java.

3.11. Local Classes. A local class is declared locally within a block of Java code, rather than as a member of a class. Typically, a local class is defined within a method, but it can also be defined within a static initializer or instance initializer of a class.

Local classes are nothing but the inner classes I.e. the class defined inside another class.

created inside a method is called local inner class in java. If you want to invoke the methods of local inner class, you must instantiate this class inside the method
public class localInner1{
private int data=30;//instance variable
void display(){
class Local{
void msg(){System.out.println(data);}
}
Local l=new Local();
l.msg();
}
public static void main(String args[]){
localInner1 obj=new localInner1();
obj.display();
}
}

A local class is declared locally within a block of Java code, rather than as a member of a class.